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BarRegular2684 t1_jbatmeq wrote

Thanks for the update. It can be hard to deal with that population. My grandmother only knew one name for a certain type of nut in English and no one told her it was offensive until I was maybe 8. (I still don’t know the proper name for them. She was so horrified she stopped buying them.)

Good for your father for burning the treason flag. Hope you’re both doing well.

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Funocity t1_jbb9qny wrote

I second you are probably talking about Brazil nuts. My very tall, barrel chested grandfather used to yell across the produce section when he saw 'oh look, X toes are on sale!' Genuinely excited, they are a yummy nut, and he also grew up calling them that. We were able to curb this, but damn that was rough for a bit.

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pvdcaveman t1_jbbfxs8 wrote

Is this really a thing? I grew up with some racist people but hadn’t heard this one before.

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Funocity t1_jbbnbt5 wrote

Maybe a Southern/Midwest thing? He grew up in Oklahoma.

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starlitstarlet t1_jbc54jc wrote

It absolutely is. Just one of the many casually racist things I heard growing up in the 80s/90s in N Prov.

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